ContractHandle Class
Provides methods that control the lifetime of an add-in.
Assembly: System.AddIn (in System.AddIn.dll)
The ContractHandle type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | AppDomainOwner | Gets the instance of the add-in-side adapter when the application domain was created. |
![]() ![]() | ContractOwnsAppDomain | Determines whether an application domain is owned by the specified contract. |
![]() | Dispose() | Revokes the lifetime token on a contract, regardless of input. |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Revokes the lifetime token on the contract regardless of input and optionally releases the managed resources. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Overrides Object::Finalize().) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Because the add-in model provides the ability for add-ins to communicate between application domains and between processes, it cannot rely on the garbage collector to reclaim them. This class provides a reference counting mechanism for the add-in by obtaining a lifetime token to its contract.
When a ContractHandle object is constructed, it calls the AcquireLifetimeToken method on the contract that is passed to the constructor. When the ContractHandle object is disposed or finalized, it calls the RevokeLifetimeToken method on the contract, which removes its hold on the contract.
Adapters implement the contract. The ContractHandle class is designed to be used in a contract-to-view adapter to help pipeline developers manage the lifetime of the contract that is being adapted. Typically, an instance of this class is instantiated during the construction of the adapter class and is stored in an instance field of the adapter. When the adapter class is garbage-collected, the ContractHandle object will also be collected and the ContractHandle object will revoke the lifetime token on the contract.
It is recommended that your view-to-contract adapters inherit from the ContractBase class. You can then use a default implementation for the members of IContract, which means you need to implement only the members of your specific contract.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
